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Pine Grove Road resident asks Monroe County for ditching, drainage and engineering help, cites state road statutes
Summary
A resident of Pine Grove Road during public comment told Monroe County commissioners the road floods his property and urged ditching, a tile drain and an engineering inspection, citing Tennessee statutes on road crown and ditching. Commissioners and the road commissioner discussed whether the roadway is a county-maintained road and next steps.
A resident who identified himself as a Pine Grove Road property owner urged Monroe County commissioners during public comment to address recurring drainage problems that he said are washing out the road and flooding his property.
The resident, identified in the meeting record as a member of the public who moved to Monroe County in 2005, said the county is responsible for maintaining seven-tenths of a mile of the road and that recent maintenance has allowed water to flow down the middle of the roadway. He cited Tennessee road-maintenance code numbers and asked the commission to require ditching, the installation of tile drains at…
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